Best Restaurants for Birthdays in Watchung

Excellent food and drink. The food was incredible

We had a wonderful meal- the sole oreganata and the lasagna were delicious. The restaurant was PACKED on a Sunday night, so I was pleasantly surprised that our table was ready and waiting. Great experience!

The service and views were great. Everyone was so kind and attentive. There were some great value wines on the menu and we really enjoyed what we had. Everything from the apps to dessert tasted great! Never felt rushed.

Ancona Bistro offers a limited menu but the food quality and service level are quite high. The calamari appetizer was fantastic as the calamari was very tender and the marinara sauce very tasty. The main course special was cavatelli with sausage and shrimp with a light white sauce. Also, very good!

Have not been here in a while and friends came in from out of state and we gave options for dinner and they selected DH. We started with a great waitress katie. 3 of us ordered the short rib barley soup, it came out lukewarm and we had to send it back. good not great. very disappointing on such a cold night, was slight hotter but not hot. 2 of us ordered the wok salmon which was amazing and recommmended by katie. delish!!!! great recommendation. One of us ordered the tuscan shrimp pasta with the pistachio cream also delish and she loved every bite. The fluke was a special that my friend ordered who is a fish lover and a real foodie. It was just not good, definitely not delicious. Very disappointed, would never order again. We all ordered coffee and a a great special dessert, The Cookie Bomb. amazing. Katie made the experience exceptional.